LETTER: Don't Close Postal Centers

Stop the needless displacement of 1,200 Connecticut postal workers and their families to New York and Massachusetts [March 26, Courant.com. "Congressional Delegation Outraged USPS To Close Stamford, Wallingford Facilities Early"]. Write and call Congress and Demand that the USPS keeps Wallingford Processing & Distribution Center Open, continue First Class service, maintain current delivery standards, and keep our Jobs & Mail in CT, not shipped out of state.

Why? In 2006, a Republican-controlled Congress and President George W. Bush approved the "Postal Act." This law required that by 2016, the Post Office must pre-pay postal service retirees' health-care benefits for the next 75 years. That includes future benefits for employees not yet hired, even not yet born! The craze for privatization began with President Ronald Reagan's famous statement: "Government IS the problem." Privatization - called "free enterprise" - would get the post office out of our mail boxes and hand mail service over to private entities like Fed Ex and UPS. Goal of these private businesses is PROFIT, not public service, and there's no profit in serving rural areas. This fault lies with Congress, which created the financial disaster, described above. Thank you for your support & help.